étudiants

\e.ty.djɑ̃\

/\e.ty.djɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“étudiants” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,217. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,217
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de étudiant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etudiants · étudiants · French

étudiants · rank #1,217 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,217
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH voulais

Nearest frequency peer: voulais (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « étudiants »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « étudiants » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

étudiants vs étudient
78% similar
étudiants vs étudions
78% similar
étudiants vs étudiant
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for étudiants
PropertyValue
Headwordétudiants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.ty.djɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,217
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « étudiants »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).étudiantsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « voulais » (#1,216), « absence » (#1,218), « utilisation » (#1,215). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étudiants » est au #1,217. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around étudiants (IPA \e.ty.djɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,217 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de étudiant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for étudiants, with forms such as "etudiants", "téudiants", and "étduiants". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "étudient", "étudions", "étudiant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is étudiants, spelled É-T-U-D-I-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de étudiant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etudiants
  • téudiants
  • étduiants
  • éttudiants
  • étudaints
  • étuddiants
  • étudiannts
  • étudianst
  • étudiantss
  • étudiantts
  • étudiatns
  • étudinats
  • étuidants
  • éutdiants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of étudiants - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etudiants1téudiants2étduiants2éttudiants1étudaints2étuddiants1étudiannts1étudianst2
Edit distance from "étudiants"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "étudiants"?
"étudiants" is spelled É-T-U-D-I-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ty.djɑ̃\.
What does "étudiants" mean?
As an adjective, "étudiants" means: Masculin pluriel de étudiant.
What words are commonly confused with "étudiants"?
"étudiants" is commonly confused with "étudient", "étudions", "étudiant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "étudiants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étudiants" is \e.ty.djɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étudiants" come from?
"étudiants" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "étudiants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

principal#1,233évolution#1,196puissance#1,188classique#1,250

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

connaissance14 variantsparlement14 variantsapplication14 variantsuniquement14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list